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VOL. XXII.— NO. 326.
PASSED IS PEACE
DEATH COMES TO VICE PRESIDENT
HOBART IN THE Ql IET HOI RS
|» OF THE MORNING
NX! AS FAIAIXS TO SLEEP
WAS SI RROINDED BY HIS FAMILY,
WHO WERE PREPARING FOR
THE EXPECTED SHOCK
HAD HOPED AGAINST HOPE
Funeral of the Late Vice Preside ut
Will Occur Next Saturday —
Sketch of the Life and Career of
the S|iii«-siiiii 11 find Citizen—Ques
tion of the Succession Is Again
Revived.
To the People of the United States:
Garret Augustus Hobart, vice presl
flent of the United States, died at his
home In Paterson, N. J., ut S:3O o'clock
this morning. In him the nation has lost
one of Its most illustrious citizens ami
Dne of Its most faithful servants. His
participation in the business life and the
lawmaking body of his native state was
marked by unswerving fidelity; and his
too brief career as vice president of the
United States and president of the sen
ate exhibited the loftiest qualities of up
right and sagacious statesmanship. In the
world of affairs he had few equals among
his contemporaries. His private charae-
THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE IXITED STATES, GARRET A.
HOa ART.
ter was gentle and noble. He will long
be mourned by his friends as a man of
tingular purity and attractiveness, whose
sweetness of disposition won all hearts,
while his elevated purpose, hie unb-nding
Integrity and whole-hearted devotion to
the public good deserved and acquired
universal respect and esteem.
In sorrowing testimony of the loss
which has fallen upon the country, I di
rect that on the day of the funeral the
executive office of the United States shall
be closed and all stations of the army
and navy shall display the national flag
at half mast, and that the representa
tives of the - United States in foreign
countries shall pny appropriate tribute to
the illustrious dead for a period of thirty
flays.
In witness whereof, I have set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
Mst day of November, In the year of our
Lord one thousand, eight hundrc-3 and
ninety-nine, and of the independence of
the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.
(Seal) — Wm. McKinley.
By the President.
—John Hay, Secretary of State.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Garret A. fto
bart, vice president of the United States,
aied at his home in Paterson, N". J., at
6:30 o'clock this morning. At his bedside
were Mrs. Hobart and his son, Garret A.
Hobart Jr., together with Dr. William
K. Newton and his wife, and Private
Secretary Evans.
Mr. Hobarfs death had been expected
for some hours. The beginning of the
ftnd came yesterday afternoon, when
there was a sudden failure of the heart
and from this attack Mr. Hobart never
rallied. He had been sick for a long time,
had suffered frequently from heart fail
ure, and his strength had been under
mined. Gradually the failure of the
heart's action became more apparent, and
soon after midnight last night Mr. Ho
bart became unconscious. He remained
in that condition until his death.
Mr. Hobart's death was due directly to
angina pectoris, complicating myocardi
tis.
Owing to the prostration of Mrs. Hobart
the funeral arrangements will not be
completed until tomorrow. The only step
decided upon Is that the services' shall
be held In the Church of the Redeemer
at Paterson, and the interment in the
family plot at Cedar Lawn, where the
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart
•was buried six years ago. Rev. Dr
Magee will preach the sermon.
The church cun accommodate not more
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than 800 persona, and as thousands will
be eager to attend the services, it was
suggested that they be held In the ar
mcry, which will accommodate 3,000 per
sons. It Is known, however, that Mrs.
Hobart wishes the funeral to be as quiet
as possible, and there is little likelihood
that the programme will be ohanged.
The mayor and aldermen of Paterson
have suggested that the body lie In state
at the city hall on Friday or Saturday
morning, and this suggestion will prob
ably be carried out. The pallbearers
have been selected, but the names will
be withheld until they have been notified
and have accepted.
Nearly all the representatives of for
eign nations In this country have sent
messages of sympathy to Mrs. Hobart.
One of the first to express his sorrow at
the death of the vice president was Presi
dent McKlnley, who had been notified by
telephone by Private Secretary Evans.
Attorney General Grlggs, who was In
Washington, telegraphed that he would
letirn to Paterson at the earliest~possi
ble moment, and he Is expected to take
charge of all the details of the funeral.
Among others who sent messages of con
dolence was Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador; Count G. de Lichter
velde, envoy extraordinary and minister
Plenipotentiary of Belgium; Count Cas
sinl, Russian ambassador; former Vice
President Stevenson, Admiral Schley,
Gov. Voorhees, of New* Jersey; United
States senators of New Jersey, Senator
Hanna, of Ohio; Gen. Russell A. Alger,
Senators Foraker and Fairbanks, Gen.
Castillo, civil governor of Santiago, and
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn.
From dispatches received by Col. Bright,
the sergeant-at-arms of the senate, there
will be a large representation of members
of that body at the vice president's fu
neral. About thirty members have replied
to the telegram sent at the direction of
President pro tern. Five, informing them
of their select on as members of the com
mittee to attend the funeral. Twenty
four of them have promised to be present.
They are a,? follows: Gallinger, W. A.
Clark, Foraker, Bacon, Depew, McLaurin,
Harris, Allison, Fairbanks, Hanna, Haw
ley, J. K. Jones. Heitfeld, Kyle, Bur
rows, Wetmore, Lindsay, Wolcott, Mc-
Comas, Sewell, Tillman, Mason, Scott and
Kenny.
Col. Bright will go to Paterson in a day
or two to render any assistance he may
in the funeral preparations so far as the
senate is concerned.
Clerk McDawall, of the house of repre
sentatives, arrived during the afternoon.
As the result of a consultation with Pros
pective Speaker Henderson he will make
arrangements for a committee of the
house to attend the funeral. This will in
clude such members of the body as may
be in the city and will be of generous pro
portions.
KNEW HE MUST DIE.
Although many regarded Mr. Hobarfs
illness in the early and later part of the
year as serious, it was not until late In
October that his farmiiy and friends be
gan to despair of his life. Mr. Hobart
was then informed of the fatal character
of his malady— dilated right heart duct
myocardis— and he remarked:
"Well, if it must be that I -am to go
I may as well be resigned to my fate."
On the morning of Oct. 31 it was thought
that the end had come, but the patient'
rallied, and for more than a week con- '
tinued to eat solid food with a relish, i
Three days ago, however, his appetite j
failed, and he gradually grew weak and '
weaker. He realized a few hours before
he became unconscious that he was near
to death, and he said to those about the
bedside:
"I know that my time is nearly up, but
death Is welcome to me."
Mrs. Hobart remained in the room to
the end. and at her husband's death until
she and her son, who was with her, were
taken away by friends.
Q.I BSTIOJ& OF SUCCESSION.
Office of Vice President Will Not Be
Filled.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-Vlce Presi
dent Hobart' s funeral on Saturday will
j be attended by the president and his cab
inet, the supreme court, the senate. in a
body, and a large committee from the
house of representatives, besides many
other high dignitaries of the government,
who will journey to Paterson to pay their
last tribute of respect to the memory of
the vice president. Every senator has
been invited to be present, and the senate
will meet at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York Saturday at 11 o'clock, and
thence travel in a body to Paterson.
Sergeant-at-arms Bright has engaged a
special train to convey the president and
his cabinet and the United States supreme
court to Paterson. The train will leave
Washington over the Pennsylvania rail
road at 7 o'clock Saturday. morning, and
will arrive on the return at 11 p. m.
Chief "Justice Fuller was' not in the
Continued on Fifth Page,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVE3IBER 22, 1899.
HAVE CUT WIRESI
BRITISH COMMUNICATION WITH
BSTCOI'RT IS FINALLY IN
TERRUPTED
OPPOSITIOS FORCES IKE NEAR
OITLOOK IS THAT OR BAT BATTLES
WILL OCCIR IN THE NEAR
F I' TIRE
BRITONS ARE ON THE MARCH
Conflicting; Reports an to the Move
ments of Gen. Buller't) Command-
President Krnger Charges Amer
ica AVlth Being: Over-Friendly
With Great Britain, and Declines
to Make « nnotMiloiis Asked.
LONDON, Nov. 22.~The announcement
fiora Durban that communication with
Estcourt is interrupted seems to confirm
the belief that a Boer commando has es
tablished itself at Willow Grange, or near
the Mooi river, and has cut the telegraph
wires. Nevertheless, whatever definite
news the British commanders may have
obtained from the scou/s of the disposi
tion of the Boer commands in Natal, and
the conditions of the beleaguered garri
sons particularly, nothing has been allow
ed to develop for the public Information.
It is certain that, owing to the heavy
work of debarkation and entraining at
Durban the preparations for the advance
of the relief force are in no wise so ad
vanced aa has been supposed. This may
also be due to the necessity of pushing
stores and provisions to the front In need
ful quantities before the troops are sent.
On the other hand, the celerity with
which troops are being pushed forward
from Cape Town equally tends to show
that all such preparations regarding for
age and provisions were already well ad
vanced before the troops arrived at Cape
Town.
Gen. Metheun"s baggage has arrived at
De Aar, addressed to "Lord Metheun,
Pretoria, via Cape Town."
The reoccupation of Nauuwpoort is good
bewa for the British. It is not known here
from what point the troops came, but it
is presumed they were from De Aar, in
which event it will not be long before
Stormberg also is reoccupied. Nauuwpoort
commands the gap in the Kikvorshberg,
the last strong fighting position south of
Orange River, and was admirably suited
to Boer tactics.
Col. Royston's dispatch from Ladysmith
finally disposes of all reports of another
great British victory there last Wednes
day.
WILL. NOT TRUST AMERICA.
Callers at the United States embassy
today were informed that the United
States was no longer able to forward i
messages or secure information regard-
Ing the British prisoners, President Kru
ger having refused the request to permit i
Consul Macrum to transmit a list of Brit- I
ish prisoners. Though Mr. Macrum ap
parently still remains the nominal agent
of Great Britain, he is practically depriv
ed of all powers pertaining to the posi- ;
tion. It is understood that President Kru- ;
ger objected to Mr. Macrum on the j
grounds that the United States claims |
to neutrality were prejudiced by her cvi- I
dent friendship to Great Britain. All com
munications to the British prisoners now \
go through the ordinary military chan- j
nele, which render their ultimate deliv
ery doubtful, and certainly slow. The '
British government, 30 far, has not taken j
any steps to ameliorate the present con- |
ditlon of the prisoners. A government of- j
ficial informed, a correspondent of the As- j
Bociated Press that he did not see any j
good trying* to get any other power to
act in their behalf, as President Kruger
would doubtless treat its representatives
in the same manner as he had treated the |
representative of the United States. More
over, the official adds, "it is not likely
that President Kruger will be there long.
If we should ask any other power to act
in behalf of Great Britain it would pos
sibly be Portugal. "
■ADVICES FROM BULLER.
Late last evening the war office made
public two dispatches from Gen. Buller,
at Cape Town. The first had been receiv
ed from Gen. Clery, dated Nov. 20, and
announced that three privates were
wounded the previous day at Mooi River.
The second was from Gen. Baden-Powell,
dated at Mafeklng, Nov. 6. saying:
"All well here. We have had a few
successful sorties. Our loss is two of
ficers and fifteen men killed, and four of
ficers and twenty-nine men wounded.
The enemy's lass is heavy. His numbers
are decreasing, but his guns remain and
shell us, keeping out of the range of our
small guns. Have Had no news from the
outside since Oct. 20."
SIGNIFICANT RECEPTION.
The Cape Town correspondent of .the I
Daily Mall says:*
"Preparations are being made to give
the United States warships a hearty re- '
ception in order to express the apprecia- !
tion of the colonists at the meaning of the j
presence of the American squadron In
South African waters at the present
time."
NO CHANGE AT LADYSMTTH.
The Daily Mail publishes the following
dispatch from Pietermaritzburg:
"An official telegram from Ladysmith,
dated Nov. 18, says the garrison is main
taining its position. A Boer force Is re
ported near Obston, about a day's ride
from here."
ALL EYES ON LADYSMITH.
The war correspondent of the Standard
at Escourt telegraphs as follows, under
Monday's date:
''"No actual confirmation can be obtain
ed of the report that Gen. Joubert has
moved from hie position in front of
L.i'lysmith. Our patrols and spies have
ascertained beyond a doubt that several
small commandoes are working south
ward. There is- a growing belief here
that we will move toward Ladysmith
about the end of this week."
NEW FEATURE OF WAR.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.— Pultney Bige
low arrived from England today. Speak
ing of the feeling in England over the
Boer war, Mr. Bigelow paid:
"It is remarkable with what liberality
the subject is treated among all classes.
I have given several lectures on
the Boors in different parts of Eng
lard, and at no time was there the least
objection to the discussion of their good
points. The war is looked upon not as a
chance to annihilate the Boers, but as a
necessary step to uphold the prestige of
the nation. The Boer opinion of the Brit
ish, gained mostly from contact with such
men as they saw about Johannesburg
was not an exalted one. I have no doubt
their eyes will be speedily opened, and
that there will be 75,000 British troops in
the Transvaal before the month Is out.
"Ab to the feeling in Germany, it lacks
interest because the Question at issue
dees not come in direct contact with their
interests. The manufactured feeling— the
newspaper feeling— has no, weight. I have
no doubt the emperor's visit to England
will do much to negative the result of the
unfortunate Transvaal affair of three
years ago."
BCER REPORTS OP FIGHTING.
PRETORIA, Nov. 21 (via Lourenzo
Marques).— Monday's report from Gen.
Joubert's headquarters, which was pre
sented to the Transvaal council of war
today, says:
'"Heavy gun firing was heard in the di
rection of Estcourt on Saturday and con
tinuous rifle firing is proceeding south of
Ladysmith. A small sortie from Lady
smith this morning was repulsed. The
Transvaal heavy guns fired a number of
shells into the town this morning."
DIRECT FROM LADYSMITH.
DURBAN, Nov. 21.— The government
has received the following advices from
Col. Royston, commander of the volun
teers at Ladysmith, under date of Nov.
16:
"All the volunteers and police are well,
and there are plentiful supplies for men
and horses. Ay was quiet yesterday
(Wednesday) arid the same condition
exists this morning. There has been no
further bombardment, <fand the effects
hitherto have been trifling. No news from
the South."
TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
DURBAN, Nov. 21.— Gen Clery, acting
under instructions from Gen. Buller, has
issued a proclamation -announcing that
the government will exact full compen
sation for damage done to the property of
loyalists.
.».
PECULIAR LITIGATION.
Tinner Sues I'nloii Member* for
Keeping Him Oat of Work.
TOLEDO, 0., Nov. 2L-*Louis Erne to
day brought suit for $10,000 against the
entire membership of Toledo Tinners'
Union No. 6, of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Sheet and Metal Workers. His
cause for action is that he was employed
on May 17. 1899, by a local firm. On that
date he applied for admission into the
union, but was rejected. On Nov. 11 last
he was discharged, his employer telling
him that his work was in every way satis
factory, but that he would be boycotted
by labor unions if he longer retained him.
Plaintiff alleges conspiracy against him
self, his wife and three children. This is
the first case of the kind /filed against a
labor union in Ohio.
MARION. Ind., Nov. 21— Howard Hal
lowell, foreman of the Harwood and Bar
ter Bedstead factory, was arrested today
on a grand jury indictment, for coercing,
and discharging workmen because they
were members of a labor union. The ar
rest is the result of men being discharged
for joining a union last summer.
BALTIMORE. Md.. Nov. 21.— P. J.
Carly & Co., contractors on the build
ings under construction at the naval
academy at Annapolis, for the United
States government, were fined today by
Judge Morris in the United States district
court for violation of the United States
law forbidding contractor^ to require or
permit the employes they have engaged
on public' work for the government to
work more than eight hours a day. The
firm was Indicted on two counts. The
first was for requiring the men to work
more than eight hours, a day, and the
second was for permitting them to work
longer than the prescribed, time.
PATHETIC PARTING.
Wife of Aged Alleged Swindler
PennllCiaa Un»uu Sn-nnjters.
PITTSBURG, Pa... Nov. 2L— Charles E. '
Stewart, the aged prisoner who is accused }
of swindling at Woons.ocket, was taken
back to Rhode Island tonight. In charge
of detectives. Officers were afraid of j
habeas corpus proceedings, but no fight
was made against extradition. The part
ing interview between Stewart and his
wife was most pathetfe. She is" left here
penniless, in a strange city, and without i
friends.
The prisoner called for a lawyer and j
told him that half of the $1,000 deposited j
by Bennett, alias KnoxJ in the Trades
man's bank, in this city, belonged to him.
He gave the counsel power of attorney,
and instructed him to secure this money
for Mrs. Stewart.
PLAGUE SCARE SUBSIDING.
Only Puzzle Now In What to Do
With Coffee Cargo.
NTSTV YORK, Nov. 21.— There is no
change in the plague situation at Quaran
tine. The two patients removed to
Swinburno island from'the steamer J. W.
Taylor are improving. JJapt. Waters is
almost well, and the cook is in bed be
cause of the irritation.caused by the op
eration of taking pus for examination.
Nothing- has been .lons about discharg
ing: coffee from the vessel. The difficulty
in the case is that the coffee is consigned
to a number of different parties and con
sists of two grades. To discharge tho cof
fee into lighters and id provide new sacks
will create considerable confusion. Some
plan to insure the proper discharge of the
cofiee is bein^ considered, but no solution
of the problem has be*en found. The
fumigation of the hclOa by sulphur was
continued today.
. — ii
MARTYRS OF MAINE.
Bodies of Sailor* to Be Brought
From Havana to" Arlington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.— The navy de
partment has about concluded arrange
ments for bringing Jo .this country the
bodies of the 166 soldieYs of the Maine
now interred in Colon cimetery,. Havana.
It is proposed to assign^, warship to this
duty between Decenjbar and February
next. The,, bodies Mriil be brought to
Washington and interred In Arlington na
tional cemetery, with suitable honors.
—
TOO LATE TO ACT.
War Department Can Do Nothing
With Metcalf Churgea.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.— Relative to
the allegations that have been made by
some of the late officers of the Kansas
volunteers against «Col. Metcalf, on the
ground of cruelty, it is said at the 'war
department that the regfment and all of
the officers concerned 'having been mus
tered out of the United States service,
the department can take no cognizance of
the matter. ■
NOT ONE JUROR.
Sum of Daj'n Adritiu-e in Mollneu.x
time Nil.
NEW YORK, Nov. ill. -The second trial
of Roland B. Mollneux began today, with
sexen juror.s In the box, and at the ad
journment the number was still saven,
no juror having been selected during the
days examination. The defense chal
lenged one of the tqjle*men peremptorily,
while Ihe others were excused on gene, a!
grounds, bias, or because they were np
posed to circumstantial e\idenue, or the
death penalty. The tape jrlll be continued
tomorrow.
Sentenced] t& Dcnlh.
LIBERTY, Mo., nIv ..21.-Erneat Cleven
ger, recently convidtwl of killing George
Allen and Delia Cldv«ngex, hJs cousin at
a religious meeting near Missouri City"
in December, 189&, yja? today sentenced to
tei t^fP v, on , F . rlifk 7' J » n - 6. Jealousy
led to the shooting, p*
SHOT IX HER DOOR
SENSATIONAL, ATTEMPT OF AN UN
KNOWN TO MI'RDEK A- MIX
NMAIMM.IN WOMAN
CILIS WITH A BOX OF ROSES
WHILE OFFERING THE FLOWERS,
THE MAN DRAWS A REVOL
VER AND FIRES
TWO BULLETS TAKE EFFECT
Mr». Jennie Fitkfn the Victim of
the Awsaasin'a Mnrtlerons Aim —
The Woman Says She Thinks the
Mnn Whs Augriat Lntter, W iiom
She Met at Mora— Myntery About
the Affair.
Mrs. Jennie Fitkin was shot down in
the door of her home, 1(02 Eighieeuth ave
nue southeast, at 5:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, by an unknown but suspected
assassin, who tendered her a peace offer
ing of a box of beautiful red roses, a»
he did so drawing a revolver from his
overcoat pocket and firing three shots at
the defenseless woman bafore she could
even reach her hand out to take the box.
One bullet cut through her scalp, Inflict
ing a flesh wound, and she turned back
into the house, when the second bullet
struck her in the back below the left
shoulder, piercing the lung, while the
third bullet went wild, imbedding is self in
the wall.
Ernest D. MncDonald, 1060 Seventeenth
avenue southeast, janitor of the 'Puttie
school, was passing the house, which
Btands on a. corner, when he heard the
three shots, and saw a man run down
off the porch and disappear in the direc
tion of the St. Paul & Duluth railroad
tracks, too quickly for pursuit. D,s. Tup
per and Erdmann were summoned and
dressed Mrs. Pitkln'a wounds, after which
she was removed to the city hospital in
the ambulance. From the first the phy
sicians held out no hope of recovery to
the bereaved husband, stating that the
ball entering her back had
PIEROKD THE LUNG
and caused an internal hemorrhage which
could not be stopped.
Superintendent of Police Doyle and De
tectives Lawrence and Howard were on
the scene immediately after the shooting
and Mrs. Fitkin was able to make a
statement to them. She declined to say
positively, but she said she thought the
man who shot her was August Lutter,
a German, whom she met last spring
while visiting a friend named Swanson,
at Mora, Minn., where Lutter was clerk
ing in a hotel. She had his photograph,
and stared that he had attempted to in
duce her to run away from her husband,
and had called on her once last spring at
her Minneapolis home. She knew nothing
of Lutter's present whereabouts, and had
not seen him since laßt spring until yes
terday, when, she feels quite sure,* she
saw hjm standing at the corner of Wash
ington and Hennepin avenues as she
boarded a Como interurban car to re
turn to her home, between 3 and 4 o'clock.
The man who came to the door and who
shot her, she said, had the same general
appearance. It is upon this clew that
the superintendent and his men are work
ing, and upon the one furnished by the
box of fresh red roses which the mur
derer dropped as he fired. The box con.
taining the roses bore a label indicating
that they had been purchased from C.
A. Smith, the florist, 520 Nicollet avenue.
Mrs. Fitkin is twenty-eight years of age,
small in stature, and with dark hair and
eyes. Her home, where her parents live,
is at Mason City, 10. Frank W. Fitkin'
her husband, is a switchman on the St'
Paul & Duluth railroad. The couple had
no children, and have resided in Minne
apolis since a year ago last September
They were married five years ago at
Waterloo, 10.. Fitkin's home. Their mar
ried life, they say, has beon a happy one
They occupy the second floor of the house
at .1002 the first floor being occupied by
Eli Taylor and family. *
JEALOUSY THE ROUTINE.
When Supt. Doyle and Detectives Law
rence and Howard arrived and gained an
insight into the peculiar affair it wa'«
plainly evident to them robbery was
not the motive for the crime and but one
other motive could exist and that, jeal
ousy. The three closely questioned Mr?
Fitkin as she lay on the floor and ulti
mately she gave them Lutter's name nnd
told of his infatuation for her and her >
suspicion that it was h'm.
"But why should I say such a terrible
thing when I don't know it," she moaned.
• % I may be going to die and I don't want
to say for sure it was him." Then, a«
best as she was able, she told her story:
' 1 was down to the doctor's today," nhe
said, "and I hal no quarrel with any on*
I don't know, it may be him. Hi 3 name
is August Lutter. 1 may be going to die
and I don't want to sa>- for gu c It was
him. I have not seen him lately to recog
nize him. What makes me think it wa<=
him is because I thought 1 -aw him as
I got on the street car when I cam
home. I thought it was him and spoke.
1 had not se-3n him for some time. I went
to Lr. Mary Damon's on Sixth and Nic
ollet, then I went to Donalds m"?; went
to the five and ten-cent store and took a
car at Voegeli's and came home. I got
home about 1 o'clock. I thought I saw
him standing In front of Voegeli's when I
came over."
BOX IN HIS HAND.
"When I saw him thl3 afternoon Tie had
on a dark overcoat and dark stiff hat; I
don't know what color. I couldn't Bay
how lons I have known him. It seems he
sai.l Here's a box." I never reached out
to take it; .just stood surprised because
he hadn't rung: the bell or asked to see
any one. He took his right hand out of hi s
overcoat pocket and I heard a report end
turned and the next one struck me in
the back and then I crawled to the kitch
en. But I couldn't recognize his voice
II" I could I'd toll you."
Fitkin himself is a rr.an about thirty
yerrß.of age and when questioned by th?
detectives stated that he knew Lm'er and
he brought them a picture of Lutter In
the uniform of a German officer. He said
that Mrs. Fitkin met Lutter while she
was visiting a friend named Swanson at
Mora and that when she came camp back
she had told him something about Lutter.
One evening last spring a man came to
the. house about 7:30, whom Fitkin says
he recognized as Lutter and aeked to see
Mrs. Fitkin He was invited into the
house and Fitkin says he and his wife
wtre just preparing for bed and that ha
ame down and told Lutter he couldn't
see her as she was getting ready for bed.
He said he had known nothing about
Lutter's proposition to run away with
PRICE TWO CENTS-j fi^TS*™.
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Fair and Warmer.
I— Vice President Hobart Dead.
Furious Race Riot.
Latest From Africa.
Mysteriouß Mill City Shooting.
2— Hui-Klar In a Flat.
Council Proceeding*.
Grnnd Jury Indictments.
Status of School Case.
:i— Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest News,
Democratic Committee Confers.
4— Editorial.
Tempetit Over Dewey'a Action.
Local Political Venj.
6— Sporting; lVew».
Jeffrie* and Corbett to Meet.
6— Markets of the World.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, 6T I-S-I-40.
Bar Silver, 58 6-Se.
Stock* Quiet.
7— News of Railroad*.
B— ln the Locnl Labor World.
Grand Charity Ball.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK— Arrived: Menomlnee, from
London; Kensington, Antwerp; Kaiser
V\ ilhelm der Grcsse, from Bremen.
Sailed: Saale, Bremen, via Southamp
ton.
LIVERPOOL — Arrived: * Callfornian,
Montreal.
LEGHORN— Arrived : Victoria, New
York.
AUKLAND— Arrived: Monawa, San
Francisco, etc.
SHIMONESKI— SaiIed: Paikling (from
Tacoma),- Manila.
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.
METROPOLITAN— NejII stock company
in "A Bachelor's Romance," 2:30 and
.8:16.
GRAND— "HoteI Topsy Turvy," 2:30 and
8:15.
Palm Garden— Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Olympic Theater— Vaudeville, 2 and 8.
p. m.
Cathedral bazaar, Sherman hall, 8 p. m.
Recital, Howard, Farwell & Co.'s, 8 p. m.
Reception to Archbishop Ireland, Com
mercial club, 8 p. m.
Mrs. Fitkin or about his infatuation for
her.
When Mrs. Fiikin wrs removed to the
hospital her husband accompanied her.
Furnished with h photograph and descrip
tions of Lutter detectives in Minneapolis
and St. Paul \ cc placed on guard foi
him.
The police who have the case in hand
feel quite certain that Lutter Is the man
who did tha f hooting, and they also feel
eeitain that Mr. and Mrs. Fitkin have
not told them all the circumstances con
nected with their acquaintance with Lut
ter.
The police v. ere unable to gain any in
formation from Fitkin or his wife as to
any of Lutter's friends or acquaintances,
neither did" they know where he had
stopped when ht had b:-en in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Fitkin did not think lutter had any
relatives in Minneapolis, or ,ln fact, in
this country.
MAY BE LUTTER.
Patrolman Frank Fraser, who was en
route to the funeral of his brother at
Superior, telegraphed the authorities last
night that a suspicious acting individual
was on the train with him. He was wir
ed Lutter's description, and instructed
that if the. fellow could not give a good
account of himself, to arrange for his
arrest at Rush City or some other
point on the line.
MOODY'S HEART GIVES OUT.
Evangelist I nniile to Resume Hi*
Former Activity.
NORTHFIELD, Mass., Nov. 21.— An ex
amination of Dwight L. Moody's heart
was made by N. P. Wood, his family
physician, assisted by Dr. Schau frier, of
Kansas City, this evening and tonight
they issued this statement:
"Mr. Moody hae had a comfortable day.
His general condition and his appetite
have improved. His temperature is nor- ;
mal. He has slept an hour during the
day. His trouble is a weakening of the
walls of the heart, caused by overwork,
and a condition akin to fatty degenera
tion of the heart. I confidently expect
steady, though not rapid, improvement."
The statement is regarded as encour
aging and friends of Mr. Moody say that,
according lo it. there is no reason why j
he should not live for years, if he does
not overexert himself.
Mrs. Moody has sad that she will in
sist that he stop forever his hard work,
and with Mr. Moody his wife's word is
law. Mrs. Moody and her daughter, Mrs.
Fitts, are acting as nurses until trained
nurses arrive tomorrow.
SHADOWY THBONE.
Cupid Leads a Prince to Practically
Abdicate It.
KINGSTON, Jamaica. Nov. 21.— The
wedding of former Prince Clarence 11.,
of the Mosquito territory, and Irene
Mat.rice took place today.
Recent mall advices from Kingston.
Jamaica, said: "By contracting this al
liance, which la thoroughly morganatic,
the former Mosquito king, according to
the laws of his country, not only disin
herits his Ju>ir, but politically and tech*
nically, if not under present conditions,
virtually abdicates his shadowy throne."
SANTO DOMINGO QUIET.
All but Two of the Political Pris
oners Released.
SANTO DOMINGO, Nov. 21. -A 11 but
two of the political prisoners were re
leased from custody today. The two still
hold have nominal charges pendiny
against them.
Gon. Vusquez, the former head of tho
provincial government, has left here for
Santiago.
The country is quiet and business Is im
proving:. The French steamer Salvador
has crossed the bar. drawing twelve feei.
six Inches. Commerce demands that the
Clyde steamers enter the river.
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TOTAL WRECK.
Italian Bark I'ablo Struck on the
Pallandeti.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 21.— The
Italian bark Fablo, Qapt. Bolgiano, from
Naples, Sept. 12, for Pensacola, Fla., was
caught in a storm and damaged while
trying to make this point. She struck on
the Palisades, Saturday, and is now a
total wreck.
AGUINALDO ESCAPES.
Filipino Chief Creeps Between
Force* of Pnria.n.
MANILA, Nov. 22.— Aguinaldo has es
caped between Generals Young and
Wheaton.
Gen. Young la pushing towards Bayam
bong.
FOUGHT FOR HOURS
SERIOUS RACE RIOT AT RIO
GRANDE CITY, TEX., BETWEEN
SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS
TROOPS HUltnifl TO BGHI
REPORTS AS TO THE TROIBLB
ARE SENSATIONAL, THOI'GH
SOMEWHAT CONFLICTING
THREE THOUSAND SHOTS FIRED
Gov. Sayer, la Notified of the Serl_
ouanesn of the Situation, and Hai
Taken Jfecmary Action— Govern
ment Aaked to Promptly Inventl
grate-Charared That Ne^ro Sol
diera Were Gnllty of Attack.
LAREDO, Tex . Nov. 21.-Reports have
reached here that there was a pitched
battle last night, at Fort Rlnggold, Rio
Grande city, Tex., between a company o!
the Ninth United States cavalry (colored)
garrisoning the fort, and several hunl
died citizens who attacked the post short
ly after dark. Three thousand shots are
«Ud to have been fired daring the fight,
but the casualties are no: known here It
is also said that all women and children
have been sent away from RJ 0 Gra-.d«
City, and that runners are out after rein
forcements for the citizens. The military
authorities are occupying: the telegraph
Wires, and full reports cannot be ob ulned
That the affair Is a serious one Is in
duced by the activity In military circles
here. Maj. Thompson, In command at
Fort Macintosh, today bought up all tha
Krag-Jorgenson rifles and ammunition io
Laredo, and is hurriedly loading a spec al
train with mules, baggage, etc., to take
all the available force h-re and from San
Antonio with a company from Fort Sam
Houston, on the way to Rio Gra^.d Olty.
State Adjt. Gen. Scurry, with a force of
rangers, Is expected here tonight, also on
the way there
GOV. SAVER.& NOTIFIED.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 21- Today ,lov.
Sayers was in receipt of a teleeram from
the commanding officer o j lhfc United
States troops at St*n ATuonio, conveying
the information that there had been a
race riot at Rio Grande City, la<it plgtjt,
between the federal negro troops sta
tioned th?re, and the citizens of that
town. About the same time this telegram
was received another came from the
county judge at that place, and they are
somewhat confusing. The military com
mander at San Antonio, Gen McKibben.
telegraphs that the report that he re
ceived from the commander at Fort Ring
gold. near Rio Grande City, states that all
of the troops were !n lbs garrison lt*et
nig-ht at 7 o'clock, when the citizens of
that town advanced on the fort and fired
upon tha guard. The guard returned the
fire, and the entire garrteon was at once
called to arms. The citizens-- continued
their firing upon the fort, and the soldiers
returned- the fire, and finally had to bring
their Gat'.lng guns Into play to disperse
the attackers. The commander states
that he fears further trouble ami ask;- for
more troops.
SERIOUS ALLEGATION.
The telegram from th» county judge
states that the negro soldiers In the rort
there deployed in a ravine on the edg? of
the town suv] fired Into and crt*er the town
for something like an hour and a half,
i shooting into a number of houses, wound-
Ing one man and frightening the women
and' children so badly tha: a rumber of
them had fled to the surrounding ranches
for safety; that tne attack wa^ entirely
unprovoked, and the community was
highly incensed and further trouble was
koked for at once.
Upon receipt of these telegrams Gov.
Sayers ordered Adjt. Gen. Scurry to the
scene of action, and ne left tonight for
his destination. The governor aiso wired
to Washington to have a lull investijfa-
I tion of ti:e matter, and to rem jvc the
negro troops at once. The commander at
San Antonio sent a special detail oi of
ficers to the scene at once to Investigate.
All is quiet tonight.
TO GET THE FACTS.
Col. Roberts, post agent a; Fort Sam
Houston, left this afternoon for Laredo,
on a special train, with a detachment of
the Twenty-fifth infantry, to make '*-
vestigatiOQ of the trouble at Fort Ring
gold, and to make a full report to Qen.
BEcKibbin, the department commander.
Gen. McKtbbin has consulted with <;.>v.
Sayres on the subject, uud has been ask
ed by the governor to take whatever steps
are in his power to conciliate the soldiers
an.i the. people. Trouble between the
negro soldiers on the frontier po^ts and
the Mexican population has been brewing
for some time past. A collision between
the police and the negro soldiers at
Laredo a few weeks, ago has resulted
In the abandonment of the post there. A
small-sized riot also occurred at Rio
Grand City last month, in which pome
soldiers were shot, and others were ar
rested and fined. Since then the Mexi
cans ami the soldiers at Rio Grande City
have been the bitterest enemies. %
SETTLED OUT_OF COURT.
FoTvler-Chase Caj»e Will Never « oiue
to Trial.
LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Nov. 21.— The much
discussed Fowler-Chase case will never
come to trial. It was compromised to
day, and the Insanity proceedings in the
circuit court were dismissed. The mo
tioii to dismiss was objected to by the
defense, and the cause was submitted to
court, who heard briefly the evidence of
local physicians, and decided the defend
ant to be of sound mind, the prosecution
offering no objections. Young Chase will
come Into possession pf more than a $390,
--000 estate without further resistance.
There Is much surprise at the sudden
termination of the case, and considerable
speculation as to the character of the
settlement, but all parties connected de
clino so far to make a statement as to
whether or not there will be a reconcilia
tion between father and son, as a result
of the court's ru'lng.
REFORMS IN TRADING.
No More Questionable Methods on
t lilcaeo Board of Trade.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.— Sweeping reforms
In the methods to be applied to buelness
transactions by members of the board of
trade were Instituted today at a meeting
of the directory. "Cross trading," and the
"skinning" and "matching" of orders are
to be prohibited. All orders for trade
must be regularly consummated in the
"market." This will, It Is expected, in
crease the volume of trade at least 35
per cent, and give a more natural market
wltli more fluctuations.